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A new bill in Baltimore passed the City Council last month, promising to address the problem of high security deposits for renters while being met with objections from local housing and tenant groups. Mirroring similar statutes that have passed recently …

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Desde o início da pandemia de covid-19, o mundo tem sido confrontado com duas abordagens e alternativas: o acesso equitativo às tecnologias de saúde como um bem público global ou interesses comerciais em disputa. Esta última …

Last year, after New York officials announced a plan to dispatch 500 additional police officers to the city’s subway system, a coalition of activist groups organized a series of protests. On January 31, they held a “day of transit action” …

President Joe Biden’s promise to reverse the revolving door of lobbying and usher in a new, transparent administration hasn’t extended to one of his closest advisers.
Thanks to an ethics loophole, Anita Dunn, a member of the president’s inner circle, …

As vaccinations continue to roll out throughout Miami-Dade County, hospital visitation restriction guidelines have slightly eased up at select area hospitals. 
While still keeping an eye on Covid-19 positive numbers and always following CDC guidelines, North Shore Medical Hospital at …

A plan to build a 12-story mixed-use structure containing commercial space and affordable/workforce housing met with a chilly reception before the Wynwood Design Review Committee.
The developer, through representatives, chose to voluntarily defer the project in order to address concerns …

More than four years have passed since the Miami City Commission made the restoration of Marine Stadium on Virginia Key a reality by approving bond funding for the project.
Yet the project remains in limbo, costs have risen, and now …

Nearly two years into a lawsuit over Florida’s replacement of tollway authority MDX, Miami-Dade struck back legislatively Tuesday, invoking the county’s home rule rights and “abolishing” the state-created Greater Miami Expressway Agency (GMX).
Miami-Dade commissioners voted 12-1 for an ordinance …

The Army Corps of Engineers this year plans to haul from upland mines nearly 1.3 million cubic yards of sand – 3 billion pounds’ worth – to re-sand beachfronts on Miami Beach, Bal Harbour and Sunny Isles Beach.
The effort …

A water quality monitoring program for the City of Miami found that even the cleanest location being tested was below an acceptable rate for safe recreational use.
In April, Miami Waterkeeper completed weekly testing in the Miami River and along …